Nats' RHP Zimmermann hits crowded free agent market

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Editor's Note: The above video is from a press conference on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015.

Age on Opening Day 2016: 29

How acquired: 2nd round, 2007 draft

MLB service time: 5 years, 154 days

2015 salary+bonuses: $16.5 million

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Contract status: Free agent

2015 stats: 33 GS, 201.2 IP, 204 H, 89 R, 82 ER, 24 HR, 39 BB, 164 K, 1.20 WHIP, 13-10, 3.66 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 3.0 WAR

2015 analysis: Like many Nationals players, Jordan Zimmermann's 2015 did not go quite as planned. He had a career year in 2014 and finished the season with two dominant outings, but that did not carry over into this season, the final year of Zimmermann's contract with the Nationals.

2016 outlook: If Zimmermann had a season similar to 2014, he would have set himself up for a massive payday in free agency. He should still have plenty of suitors, but one has to think he lost himself at least a little bit of money by seeing his ERA go up by a full run from the previous year.

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